“He needs help. He needs help,” Sanders said on ESPN Radio in Dallas this morning. “I told the Cowboys from Day 1 that he needs help. Matter of fact, they have a team in place to help him. But you cannot tell a grown man what to do.”

Personally, I look at the story of Bryant getting into it with a mall security guard over allegedly wearing his pants low and wonder why it’s a mall security guard’s place to tell customers how to dress. But Sanders seems to think Bryant was in the wrong.

And Sanders, a former mentor to Bryant, also seems to think that Bryant needs someone in his life to tell him when he’s wrong. But Sanders made clear that that someone won’t be Sanders himself. Sanders and Bryant have had a falling out, apparently stemming from Bryant lying to the NCAA about spending time with Sanders, which Sanders thought reflected badly on him.

“I haven’t spoken to the kid,” Sanders said. “I have no desire to speak to the kid. In regards to me, I can forgive, but I can’t forget. You can’t tarnish the other things that I have going on and the other kids. It’s sort of like I can’t allow something to poison the fruit of many other kids. I can’t do it, so I cut off those ties a long time ago.”

Meanwhile, Calvin Watkins of ESPN reports that Bryant’s camp is hoping he can return to the mall today. It seems a bit odd that an issue that started over a security guard telling someone to pull up his pants has escalated to the point where an NFL player’s “camp” is sitting down with the mall to hammer out an arrangement for Bryant to return.

But Sanders’ comments point to what may be a larger issue with Bryant: He’s a talented player who could use some guidance. That guidance isn’t coming from Sanders, and as long as the lockout lasts, it can’t come from the Cowboys, either.

UPDATE: Bryant told ESPN he suspects Sanders’ real problem with him has to do with Bryant not endorsing Under Armour.

“I never knew the reason for Deion not saying anything to me,” Bryant said. “The only thing I can believe is that when I stopped talking to Under Armour, Deion stopped talking to me. I never knew what Prime’s problem was. That’s my decision. That has nothing to do with Prime. That made me feel he must be getting something from Under Armour.”

“Personally, I look at the story of Bryant getting into it with a mall security guard over allegedly wearing his pants low and wonder why it’s a mall security guard’s place to tell customers how to dress…”

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It’s his “place” to do so because that’s why he is being paid his $8.00 an hour-to enforce the mall rules.

Business owners can mandate a dress code-see “No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service” for example. Or fancy restaurants may require men to wear a tie. I am sure the mall has rules in place for how folks are to dress and behave. And as I recall this particular mall is VERY upscale.

Deion seems to think it’s a great idea to offer to be a mentor for projects like Dez Bryant and Noel Devine, but when he discovers that mentoring is more than just talking about how great a cover corner he was, he backs out.

No, mall security should not be telling people how to dress, but when your pants are around your knees and your basically walking around in your underwear… That is disgusting, nobody wants to see a grown man in his man panties. Its a mall, not a strip club, there are families with kids that shop there too. Grow up Dez, pull your pants up, or hire someone to do your shoe shopping.

“Personally, I look at the story of Bryant getting into it with a mall security guard over allegedly wearing his pants low and wonder why it’s a mall security guard’s place to tell customers how to dress.”

Seriously? You wonder why a mall security guard was enforcing the mall’s code of conduct? OK, I’ll explain it slowly:

Because…it’s…HIS…JOB.

It’s perfectly reasonable for business to maintain a dress code that promotes an atmosphere attractive to customers. At a fancy restaurant, that might be a coat-and-tie policy. At a fancy mall, it’s a don’t-show-off-your-underpants-or-butt-crack policy. Totally, totally normal, and shame on PFT for going after the poor security guard for just doing his job.

It’s about time someone stepped up against this horrendous dress style… Pretty much every white kid under 21 walks around like this… What in the world makes these morons think that walking around like you just dumped in your pants looks good?

I go into places all the time where you can’t wear jeans. No white tee-shirts. No shirts without collars in many places as well.

If I was at one of those places and saw a guy like Dez Bryant hanging his ass out and they DIDN’T say something, I’d make some phone calls. I teach my kids to dress with respect, but I guess not everybody does that.

The Cowboys knew they were drafting a turd….a turd with talent but still a turd. They ignored the red flags on this guy…as some team will on Cam Newton. When is the NFL going to start holding teams accountable for player misbehavior? Perhaps if they did teams would think twice about drafting these red flag guys in the first place.

I don’t blame Deion telling someone else to help him, the last time he did help him, Dez couldn’t play football for over half a season, and Deion had to explain himself in a one on one interview on the channel he works for because of it.

Apparently the whole Dallas crack hierarchy, right up to Senator Royce West, was repping Dez at the mall. If he can get Momma Dez a free pass as a chronic coke dealer, I’m sure the Senator can make this disappear without help from Deion.

Almost all malls don’t allow your pants on the ground.
The mall cop has the right because the person who owns the mall says kick people like that out WHY BECAUSE ,IT”S MY MALL AND THAT”S MY RULE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The truth to the fact is simple a group of kids that have pant’s on the ground hang out and usally cause trouble and they find it’s easier if they just don’t allow it.

No diffrent as if you don’t smoke and tell everyone you can’t smoke in my car!!!!!!!

Why is it that sports players think they are all above the laws and rules that the simple people follow.

I dont like the Cowboys or any of their players but this story really bothers me…i never really bought Deion Sanders “new” image as a guy who was really big on giving back (at least not w/o getting something in return). Im glad Dez exposed Deion for the fraud that he is, “That made me feel he must be getting something from Under Armour.” I hope that some of Deion’s can determine this clowns true colors now.

This comes from Dieon Sanders who cheated on his wife, tried to kill himself by driving his car off a 3 foot cliff and saying God saved him and told Dzi to lie to NCAA about talking to him? DIEON IS THE ONE WHO NEEDS HELP!!!

Hey coffinberry, how much money do you think these sloppy looking kids spend at the mall? Zero. It’s entertainment for them. Having said that, you probably are correct. But the mall would be much better off without them, that for sure.